Synonyms and related words :
bare-handed, beggarly, empty-handed, famished, half-starved, ill off, ill-equipped, ill-furnished, ill-provided, impoverished, on short commons, pauperized, poor, short, starved, starveling, starving, underfed, underhanded, undermanned, undernourished, understaffed, unfed, unprovided, unreplenished, unsupplied, wanting